CUNY TV's Brian Lehrer
302 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 9 years ago - ★★★★ - 7 ratingsBrian Lehrer, of WNYC Radio's Brian Lehrer Show, also hosts an hour-long weekly television show on CUNY-TV. In addition to highlighting new academic research with the power to transform society and policy in a regular segment called, "Public Intellectual," Brian interviews experts on a wide variety of topics including: the digital age and how it’s transforming our world; new social and political trends and current events in New York City and beyond; entrepreneurs of change; grassroots environmental efforts; and innovative inventions and apps.
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Episodes
Special: Asylum and Immigration
June 24, 2015 23:30 - 58 minutes - 674 MB VideoThe life of asylum seekers in NYC and the U.S.; inadequate translation services for parents at schools; a study finds cab drivers lack knowledge about Obamacare; and family consequences of sending Chinese Brooklyn kids to China for grade school.
Return to Sender: Ralph Nader's Letters to the White House
June 17, 2015 23:30 - 58 minutes - 678 MB VideoRalph Nader discusses his unanswered letters to two presidents; robots enter their 'deep learning' phase; two Kickstarter projects take a part-two in a quest to enhance NYC; and research behind a new idea for preventing sexual assault on campus
Parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver
June 10, 2015 23:30 - 57 minutes - 672 MB VideoThe High Bridge and Parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver; Politwoops exposed politicians' deleted tweets but is now deleted; Most people don't want to give away personal data but do anyway; 'out' in the 'outer-boroughs'
Broken Windows in 117 Pieces
June 03, 2015 23:30 - 56 minutes - 651 MB VideoThe Burmese Rohingya refugee crisis; broken windows in 117 pieces (vignettes); gigantic Silicon Valley-area study on homelessness has solutions; hard questions finance academics could be asking
Smart Guns & Scared Healthy
May 27, 2015 23:30 - 59 minutes - 687 MB VideoA campaign for safe guns, explained by a reverend and a rabbi; New York's experiment with medical marijuana; hard hitting public health ads are controversial but work; exploring the Greenwich Village folk scene, and music from Amy Regan
Safety Culture
May 20, 2015 23:30 - 57 minutes - 663 MB VideoThe consequences of poor "safety culture"; feminism in the Muslim World; a good deal for street vendors; and restoring the original Penn Station
Transparency For Sale
May 13, 2015 23:30 - 56 minutes - 660 MB VideoCorporate data reveals the truth, and it's a business; Greg David on why Bill de Blasio is "lucky" mayor; Partisan voters see politics like sports and accept foul play; and restoring Central Park's lost arches
Baltimore Uprisings and Revisiting the Kerner Commission
May 06, 2015 23:30 - 58 minutes - 680 MB VideoBaltimore unrest and revisiting the Kerner Commission; progressive talk in the political season with Dan Cantor of Working Families Party; farmers turn to big data to meet demand; and the cultural factors of work and happiness
Nepal Earthquake Relief; TPP debate
April 29, 2015 23:30 - 59 minutes - 687 MB VideoNepalese New Yorkers respond to the earthquake back home; debating the pending "TPP" trade deal; targeted for rezoning, East New York seeks revitalization from within; corporations love the first amendment, in court; birds to watch in Central Park.
Earth Day: Beyond Fringe
April 22, 2015 23:30 - 57 minutes - 666 MB VideoForty five years after the first Earth Day, a look at how environmentally conscious decisions and innovations have pervaded throughout society.
#BringBackOurGirls One Year Later
April 15, 2015 23:30 - 55 minutes - 645 MB Video#BringBackOurGirls one year later and Nigeria's president-elect; Bronx Councilman Ritchie Torres on legally changing police interactions; Frank Bruni says where you go to college is not everything; and the UniverSoul Circus marks 20 years.
Transportation Dreams
April 08, 2015 23:30 - 57 minutes - 669 MB VideoTransportation Dreams: getting the MTA back on track; a case for high-speed rail; a fix for improving bike crash data; a radical vision for LaGuardia Airport and the whole city; and high-tech, accessible streets
Consulate General of Israel in New York
April 01, 2015 11:00 - 52 minutes - 610 MB VideoBrian Lehrer's extended interview with Ido Aharoni, Consul General of Israel in New York; Greg David on the new budget; and 'park equity' with New Yorkers for Parks' Tupper Thomas.
The Rap Trap
March 25, 2015 11:00 - 57 minutes - 669 MB VideoThousands of court 'rap sheets' have errors or should be sealed; the science on student loans and stress; Turkish cinema is taking over!; a panoroma of a changing Harlem landscape
Under the Lens, Latin America
March 11, 2015 11:00 - 57 minutes - 673 MB VideoEmployee surveillance is a booming business; a Bolivian evolution; why young people don't want to run for office; and an immigrant women film series
London is Changing; White Privilege; CUNY; Cast in India
March 04, 2015 12:00 - 56 minutes - 595 MB VideoAffordability issues vented in London; 'White privilege' taught in high schools; how to help community college students graduate and speed the process; and a film shows how NYC manhole covers are made in India
Metadata in the Age of Terror
February 25, 2015 12:00 - 59 minutes - 682 MB VideoIn a special CitizenFour episode, Brian interviews Laura Poitras and Ben Wizner; also, New Yorker writer Mattathias Schwartz on how to catch a terrorist; and Ryan Calo on privacy vs private drones.
Yelp For Ex-Offenders
February 18, 2015 12:00 - 55 minutes - 647 MB VideoAn an app that might help ex-offenders get into the work place; an alternative to controversial Roosevelt Ave BID; visions of a car-free 42nd Street; a macro study on micro-loans says outcomes are modest.
Modern Mobility & Cuba
February 11, 2015 12:00 - 56 minutes - 659 MB VideoThe accelerating rise of electric cars; a study links quality transit to access to jobs; updating a stale vision of Cuba; and why community gardeners are fighting affordable housing plans.
WNYC & APOLLO PRESENT DREAMS FOR NYC INSPIRED BY MLK
January 21, 2015 12:00 - 1 hour - 1.01 GB VideoBrian and Melissa Harris-Perry host a Martin Luther Luther King Day Celebration at the Appollo Theater in Harlem. Congressman Charles Rangel and other guests including scholars and community leaders discuss the civil right movement 50 years ago and its relevance today.
Civil Rights: Old School/New School
January 14, 2015 12:00 - 58 minutes - 673 MB VideoDefining the civil rights movements of today; global inequality shrinks but widens at home; photography brings us back to the historic 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery; and Times Square gets a hip hop museum.
Christmas in depth; de Blasio's first year
December 24, 2014 12:00 - 58 minutes - 671 MB VideoThe Xmas of different cultures; a de Blasio 2014 in review; addressing implicit racial bias; newly unearthed law records from early New York.
Modern Slavery; Suburban Inequality; CrowdMed; Infographics
December 17, 2014 12:00 - 58 minutes - 663 MB VideoNearly 36 million in slavery; the new and unequal suburbs; crowdsourcing for diagnoses; and the best America infographics of 2014
Bad Apple Theory; Beyond Bars
December 10, 2014 12:00 - 58 minutes - 666 MB VideoDoes the NYPD have a few bad apples problem?; How to help prisoners with mental illness and addiction; a controversial ethnic studies program help kids graduate; and posting A-B-C letter grades on hospitals.
Drones, Guns, Race & Superheroins
December 03, 2014 12:00 - 57 minutes - 659 MB VideoThe collateral damage of drones; Ferguson: the prelude; more guns more problems (says new research); and the successful webcomic, "Strong Female Protagonist."
Vulnerable Children Worldwide
November 26, 2014 12:00 - 57 minutes - 654 MB VideoIt's a particularly tough year for kids, especially in a wartorn Mid-East and Ebola-stricken Africa; gentrification issues are worked out on a Washington Heights stage; de Blasio has a Latino appointee shortage; and the 2015 NYC youth poet laureate
Pan Arab Tech Renaissance; Net Neutrality
November 19, 2014 12:00 - 55 minutes - 638 MB VideoThe pan-Arab tech startup movement; the FCC and regulating the net; the risk factor in GMOs; and NYC history through sidewalk paintings
Zero Tax Game
November 12, 2014 12:00 - 58 minutes - 669 MB VideoThe small amount of money and people that serves 200,000 veterans; Governor Cuomo's Start-Up New York, does it work and is it fair?; Men having babies; the science of love, hate and compromise; and a time when Blues Travelin' jam bands rocked Tribeca
Brian Lehrer's 25th Anniversary Celebration
November 05, 2014 12:00 - 59 minutes - 653 MB VideoBrian celebrates the 25th year anniversary of the Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC at the Society for Ethical Culture. The event includes a news quiz and a panel talk with special guests.
Rise of the Platishers
October 29, 2014 11:00 - 57 minutes - 650 MB VideoProvocative web posts call the integrity of the "platisher" trend into question; going undercover to investigate 'payday' loans; how Oysters are stacking to protect New York from the sea; and a tour through the Brooklyn art scene
e-Pandering to Millennials
October 22, 2014 11:00 - 56 minutes - 650 MB VideoEmojis? Maybe not the best way to get Millennials to the Midterm polls; research confirms Ebola will get worse before it gets better; modernizing medical records may be crucial or just a distraction; and a "Harlem Promenade" may bring affordable housing
Falling Firewall of China
October 15, 2014 11:00 - 57 minutes - 657 MB VideoThe secret language of Hong Kong protestors; why government should learn to tweet; the true number of rats in NYC; Greg David on affordable housing; and Archtober (a month celebrating New York's architecture
Dysfunction Deconstructed: NY Criminal Justice
October 08, 2014 11:00 - 56 minutes - 657 MB VideoWhy a teen spent 33 months at a Rikers jail (solitary included) without trial; PetitioNYC and de Blasio's City Hall transparency; Women entrepreneurs are getting shortchanged on venture capital; lost and found murals of gentrifying East Harlem
Soldier Debts; Bike Crash; Ashkenazi Genome; NY101
October 01, 2014 11:00 - 58 minutes - 663 MB VideoA ProPublica investigation into military service members getting sued; the science on bike-pedestrian safety; the Ashkenazi Jewish genome; and New York in 101 objects
The Climate Crisis: Which Way Out?
September 24, 2014 11:00 - 1 hour - 976 MB VideoOn the eve of the People's Climate March, Brian moderated a panel discussion with top thinkers in climate and social activism in the United States.
Against a Sea of Trouble
September 17, 2014 11:00 - 55 minutes - 651 MB VideoThe polar ice sheets are melting faster than previously expected; upbeat views on science have an ironic downside; he math to avoid futile MetroCard swipes and other gems with iQuantNY; post 5 PointZ, street art still thrives in New York
What's Islam got to do with it?
September 10, 2014 11:00 - 56 minutes - 639 MB VideoReza Aslan, author of "Zealot" puts "Islamic State" into Islamic context; a virtual Syria through 3D journalism; an archivist brings us the 1946 Brooklyn Digest Magazine; and new research explores the impact of climate change on economic growth.
Climate activism
July 02, 2014 11:00 - 57 minutes - 653 MB VideoEnvironmentalist Bill McKibben on global climate politics; big institutions are divesting from carbon; a new bi-partisan report on climate economics; New York looks to decentralize grid to up renewables; and China's smoggy political landscape
Zephyr Teachout and digital democracy
June 25, 2014 11:00 - 57 minutes - 658 MB VideoZephyr Teachout on her campaign to challenge Cuomo in September; new sites to boost democracy online; Syria's crisis of sexual violence against women; the secret to efficiency from a Mumbai delivery service; and totally unreal crime scene photographs
From Snowden to Rangel: Privacy & Democracy
June 18, 2014 11:00 - 58 minutes - 669 MB VideoEdward Snowden, Rebecca Mackinnon and Clay Shirkey speak at the Personal Democracy Forum; the "right to be forgotten" (online); and the race for Charlie Rangel's seat is split across racial lines so we ask the scientists, is that a good thing?
The importance of libraries
June 11, 2014 11:00 - 57 minutes - 653 MB VideoPrison rape legislation stalled; female integration into the military, it's coming but with issues; the importance of libraries (it's not just books); and, haunting photographs of the 'hidden Ellis Island.'
Crains Breakfast Forum with Richard Buery on Pre-K
June 04, 2014 11:00 - 57 minutes - 649 MB VideoRichard Buery, deputy mayor for strategic policy initiatives on universal pre-k and other de Blasio signature goals.
Bike Neutrality
May 21, 2014 11:00 - 56 minutes - 648 MB VideoAre the Federal Communication Commission's new rules on net neutrality fair?; is NYC brewing with radioactive elements?; How can Citibike be improved after this one year ride?; and who are these young homeless youth who traveler around the country?
Shadows on Central Park and 50 years of court art
May 14, 2014 11:00 - 57 minutes - 661 MB VideoAs super towers rise in Manhattan, shadows are cast over Central Park; Soccer is the fastest growing sport in the U.S. and it's not why you think, says study; affirmative action backfires on minorities is a theory challenged; 50 years of courtroom art.
Winds of Change
May 07, 2014 11:00 - 56 minutes - 654 MB VideoHow the Supreme Court's 'Good Neighbor' ruling effects the city; a few perspectives on why street protests do or do not work; a new report shows college readiness rates are dismal; and a New York Public Library NYC map project needs your help!
Cliff Hanger
April 30, 2014 11:00 - 56 minutes - 667 MB VideoThe LG/Palisades issue: should the preserved tree-line be broken?; Hemp: it may be the new oil... and omelet; Spite: it has its own scale and a place in evolutionary theory now: and the updated story with NYC's place in the tech world.
This land is your land, under an oligarchy
April 23, 2014 11:00 - 58 minutes - 645 MB VideoA cautious look at the big data craze; local group, 596 Acres finds the keys to the city's vacant public lots; examining the alleged "oligarchy" situation in America; and, a new study calls the great decline in rape reports into question.
Race at Work, and On the Court
April 09, 2014 11:00 - 57 minutes - 327 MB VideoHow investigators are using new tech to predict crimes; Talking (or not talking) race at work; Do teens need more sleep, later school?; and, a visual tour of the history of pre-NBA black basketball teams during the "Black Fives era."
Lots of Children Left Behind
April 02, 2014 11:00 - 55 minutes - 419 MB VideoWorld Health Organization says 7 million die from air pollution each year; "Manhattanization" according to a preservationist; Testing and classroom triage; and, Queensway (park) vs re-activated railway debate.
PTSD in violent neighborhoods
March 26, 2014 11:00 - 56 minutes - 330 MB VideoDomestic violence: what it is and what to do; PTSD in violent neighborhoods comparable to as with vets; the skills gap problem in unemployment; and, Yellow Peril!, a new book on anti-Asian racism.